Topic: Dominican Republic Dictatorship

Direction Juan Pablo Buscarini · Mariano Hueter · Leandro Ipiña · Inés París

Cast Sandy Hernández · Susana Abaitua · Belén Rueda · Essined Aponte

Synopsis The Roar of the Butterflies (2023) spans 13 episodes, delving into the tumultuous period from 1930 to 1961, when Rafael Leónidas Trujillo, known as “El Chivo,” transformed the Dominican Republic into a brutal dictatorship. Marked by orchestrated murders, gender-based violence,...

Direction Luis Llosa

Cast Isabella Rossellini · Tomas Milian · Juan Diego Botto · Stephanie Leonidas

Synopsis The Feast of the Goat (2006) is set in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, in 1992, where URANIA CABRAL revisits her hometown. She finds her father, AGUSTIN CABRAL, known as “Egghead,” in a frail state, a stark contrast to his former...

Direction Mariano Barroso

Cast Salma Hayek · Edward James Olmos · Marc Anthony · Mía Maestro

Synopsis In the Time of the Butterflies (TV) (2001) chronicles the true story of the Mirabal sisters, fearless revolutionaries secretly referred to as las Mariposas ("the Butterflies"). Set against the backdrop of the Trujillo dictatorship in the Dominican Republic, the film...

Direction Juan Delancer

Cast Michelle Rodriguez · Juan Fernández · César Évora · Sergio Carlo

Direction Felix Limardo

Cast Amaury Nolasco · Efrain Figueroa · Mercedes Renard · Antonio Jaramillo

Synopsis Kill the Dictator (2013) delves into the dramatic events surrounding the downfall of the Trujillo regime, spanning from 1959 to 1961. The film explores the political intrigue, power struggles, and the eventual assassination of the dictator, Rafael Trujillo, who ruled...

Direction Andrés Biermann · Rolando Ocampo · Alfonso Pineda Ulloa

Cast Julio Bracho · Eileen Moreno · Diana Patricia Hoyos · Rakel Lilley

Direction René Fortunato

Direction René Fortunato

Direction René Fortunato

Direction Franklin Dominguez

Cast Camilo Carrau

Direction Fernando Baez Mella

Cast Héctor Aníbal · Vladimir Acevedo · Natasha Alburquerque · Christian Alvarez

Synopsis Flor de azúcar (2016) follows the journey of a young farmer who is compelled to escape after accidentally causing the death of a tyrannical overseer. Following a year in seclusion on a distant fishing island, he resolves to go back...